new england

Special affections and loyalties develop among the seven children of the privileged and wealthy Massachusetts family of Rosie and Augustus Paine Vincent.

Surveys 17th century clerical writers of significance, their books, sermon notes, and unpublished manuscripts.

Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their company.

An introduction to the history, social structure, customs, and present life of the Wampanoag Indians.

The tragic story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer married to a hypochondriac and in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie.

Contains ten short stories by American author Sarah Orne Jewett in which she explores the friendships and resilience of women in nineteenth-century New England.

Seventy-five-year-old Conrad, left alone and grieving after the death of his wife, Rose, learns the precious lesson of reaching out to others, after he spreads the news that he has seen an angel in his overgrown garden.

Chronicles the life of American poet Anne Bradstreet, discussing her childhood in England, arrival in the United States in 1630, interactions with Native Americans and other settlers, experiences as a frontierwoman, and other related topics.